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  • Deepakjit Singh has been brought in to increase the footprint of Amagi across the globe

    Deepakjit Singh takes charge as CEO of Amagi

    By A Correspondent

     

    Broadcast technology company, Amagi has named Deepakjit Singh as its chief executive officer (CEO). Prior to joining Amagi, Singh served as Chief Innovation Officer at Encompass and Managing Director for APAC region where he grew the company’s business exponentially.

     

    With nearly 30 years of experience in broadcast technology – including executive positions at Encompass, Ascent Media, Bharti Airtel, and BT, Singh has been brought in to increase the footprint of Amagi across the globe.

     

    “Deepakjit is one of the most well-regarded leaders in broadcast technology today,” said Amagi co-founder K.A. Srinivasan. “And, he will be a huge part of helping Amagi build upon its global success, especially within the U S and other rapidly evolving markets. We are really excited to have him on board. The US is an incredibly attractive and competitive marketplace, and it augurs well that we have hit the ground running in the region, thus far. We expect over a third of our revenue to come from the US market in 2018, so continuing our growth here will be huge moving forward. And with Deepakjit now in the fold, we believe we are in an even better place to continue our success worldwide in 2018,” added Srinivasan.

     

     

  • Automated Services on Amagi's SKYLIGHT Cloud Platform Enable Simplicity and Transparency to managed broadcast services

    Managed broadcast services embrace cloud with Amagi’s Skylight

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amagi has announced the launch of Skylight, a cloud-managed broadcast services platform. Skylight offers TV networks cloud-led, end-to-end services encompassing content preparation, channel playout, content delivery, and monetization for both linear TV and OTT for maximum efficiency, claims a communique.

     

    “Traditional managed service providers have archaic systems and their lack of innovation is limiting the possibilities for TV networks. They are labor-intensive, large physical operations, and from the perspective of TV networks, opaque in many ways,” said K A Srinivasan, co-founder, Amagi. “We’re breaking new ground by adopting future-ready cloud technologies that add advanced automation to accelerate broadcast workflows, provide complete transparency through a web-based UI, and make it absolutely simple for broadcasters to operate channels,” adding: “What makes SKYLIGHT truly an end-to-end service is our extensive expertise in monetizing content through targeted advertising on TV and dynamic, personalized ad insertion on OTT. This makes SKYLIGHT an attractive proposition for TV networks, not just for operational efficiencies but also for revenue generation.”

     

  • Leverages Amagi CLOUDPORT Managed Services to Grow Global Audience Base

    Tentkotta launches linear OTT channel with Amagi

     

     

    Amagi announced that Tentkotta, the industry leader in streaming South-Indian language movies and content to international markets, has expanded its SVOD offerings by leveraging Amagi’s Cloudport managed services. The new Tentkotta TV is a subscription-based, ad-supported 24/7 linear OTT channel bringing premier South-Indian language content to a global audience.

     

    “Launching a full-fledged linear OTT channel and expanding our viewer base was a natural progression for us,” said Varun Kumar, co-founder, Tentkotta. “After evaluating multiple options, we found Amagi Cloudport to be unique in terms of its advanced capabilities, automation, transparency, and control for managing a new channel. Coupled with its 24/7 fully managed service, CLOUDPORT allows us to scale quickly and reliably.”

     

    Added K A Srinivasan, co-founder, Amagi: “As the world’s first cloud-based managed services platform, Cloudport offers unparalleled simplicity, advanced automation, and built-in transparency for TV networks and content owners… Partnering with Tentkotta, we are able to provide their viewers with a world-class content experience that features the highest quality content streamed 24 hours every day.”

     

  • The platform is equipped with a live MCR capability on the cloud, and the entire OTT playout workflow can be managed remotely using a web-based UI

    Amagi announces launch of Live Linear OTT Playout Platform

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amagi has announced that TV networks and content owners can now launch live and linear OTT channels on the cloud, and operate a unified platform for linear, catch up, and Video-On-Demand (VoD) TV without any hardware.

     

    CLOUDPORT OTT supports advanced graphics functions including dynamic graphics, digital video effects, and real-time social media integration capability in addition to switching to live feeds. The platform is equipped with a live MCR capability on the cloud, and the entire OTT playout workflow can be managed remotely using a web-based UI.

     

    “CLOUDPORT OTT has all the features that traditional TV networks need. It is built on a secure, reliable, and scalable Amazon AWS™ cloud infrastructure, complete with an in-built feature to block geo-specific content to manage content rights obligations,” said K. A. Srinivasan, co-founder of Amagi. “The platform seamlessly integrates with Amagi’s server-side OTT ad insertion solution, THUNDERSTORM, to monetize content effectively. This way TV networks and content owners have access to an integrated platform for OTT playout and monetization, simplifying overall operations.”